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Title The best American sports writing 2013 / edited and with an introduction by J.R. Moehringer ; Glenn Stout, series editor.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  796 BEST 2013    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  796 BES    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796 BEST 2013    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 400 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Best American series
Mariner original
Best American series.
Mariner original.
Summary Presents essays about sports chosen from magazines and newspapers published in 2013, on topics ranging from bullfighting to basketball, baseball, and boxing.
Contents Foreward / Glenn Stout -- Introduction / J.R. Moehringer -- The blind faith of the one-eyed matador / Karen Russell -- The most amazing bowling story ever / Michael J. Mooney -- The legacy of Wes Leonard / Thomas Lake -- Mourning glory / Chris Ballard -- The gym at Third and Ross / Bill Littlefield -- Arrowhead anxiety / Kent Babb -- End game / Jason Schwartz -- It's not about the lab rats / Bill Gifford -- Eddie is gone / Nicole Pasulka -- The game of his life / Jonathan Segura -- The making of "Homer at the bat", the episode that conquered prime time 20 years ago tonight / Erik Malinowski -- At swim, two girls : a memoir / Bridget Quinn -- At the corner of love and basketball / Allison Glock -- Special team / Rick Reilly -- The strongest man in the world / Burkhard Bilger -- Caballo Blanco's last run / Barry Bearak -- Marathon man / Mark Singer -- Redemption of the running man / Dan Koeppel -- Running / Cinthia Ritchie -- Goal to go / Charles Siebert -- Fear the bird / David Simon -- Why don't more athletes take a stand? / Gary Smith -- Did football kill Austin Tenum / Patrick Hruby -- Urban Meyer will be home for dinner / Wright Thompson -- The NFL's secret drug problem / Paul Solotaroff -- Waiting for Goodell / Jeff MacGregor -- Contributors' notes -- Notable sports writing of 2012.
Subject Sports literature -- United States.
Sports -- United States.
Sports journalism -- United States.
Added Author Moehringer, J. R., 1964- editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Stout, Glenn, 1958- editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
ISBN 9780547884608 paperback
0547884605 paperback
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